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Arnaud Clement #65 def. Rafael Nadal #2

2-6 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 2006*
Tournament	Marseille
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Arnaud Clement
Score	2-6 6-3 7-5
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Arnaud Clement	Rafael Nadal
Aces	8	5
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	63	62
First serve points won %	74	64
Second serve points won %	56	63
Break points saved %	33	78
Break points converted %	22	67
Service points won %	67	63
Return points won %	37	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arnaud Clement	Rafael Nadal
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 17, 1977	Jun 3, 1986
Age	28	19
Height	173	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	65	2
Ranking points (entering)	576	4,615
Elo (entering)	1,760	2,163
Career W-L	300–313	1,045–225
Career earnings	$7,125,228	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Arnaud Clement 0 – 0 Rafael Nadal

Path

Arnaud Clement's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2006	QF	Fabrice Santoro	7-5 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2006	R16	Fernando Verdasco	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2006	R32	Richard Gasquet	3-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Arnaud Clement's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2006	F	Mario Ancic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2006	QF	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2006	R16	Gilles Simon	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2006	R32	Olivier Rochus	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data